The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection (Collection)

If a name requires a comment, then the name does not reveal its intent.

Choosing good names takes time but saves more than it takes.

the ratio of time spent reading vs. writing is well over 10:1. We are constantly reading old code as part of the effort to write new code.

Because this ratio is so high, we want the reading of code to be easy, even if it makes the writing harder. Of course there’s no way to write code without reading it, so making it easy to read actually makes it easier to write.